A distributed VME control system for the LISA superconducting linac

Author

Castellano, M. ; Catani, L. ; di Pirro, G. ; Guiducci, S. ; Milardi, C. ; Patteri, P. ; Serio, M. ; Trasatti, L. ; Cavallo, N. ; Cevenini, F.

Author_Institution

INFN, Frascati, Italy

Volume

36

Issue

5

fYear

1989

fDate

10/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1619

Lastpage

1623

Abstract

The control and diagnostic system for LISA, a new accelerator under construction, is presented. The system is based on a multiprocessor environment and uses interactive graphical workstations and the VME data acquisition standard. Particular care has been given to the operator-machine interface. A strict hierarchical structure has been designed into the system for reliability and flexibility. The discussion focuses on the structure of the control system, the hardware architecture, and the software environment

Keywords

beam handling techniques; data acquisition; distributed control; linear accelerators; nuclear electronics; physics computing; LISA; VME data acquisition standard; control system; hardware architecture; hierarchical structure; interactive graphical workstations; multiprocessor environment; operator-machine interface; software environment; superconducting linac; Colliding beam accelerators; Colliding beam devices; Control systems; Distributed control; Electron beams; Laboratories; Laser beams; Linear particle accelerator; Structural beams; Superconducting photodetectors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.41104

Filename

41104